The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-22
PERSONAL.

MIR. George Greedy of Bangor was at the
United States Hotel last night.
Mr.. George Abbott, prominent wool mer-
Cottage of Mr.. Thomas Shaw for the season.
Mr.. Rideout, student from Andover Sem
mary, will begin his labors with the Congre-
gational Church at East Sumner next week.
Mr.. George ID. Rand, secretary of the Port
land Yacht Club, has gone to attend the
Eastern Yacht Club regatta.
Judge Haskell and wife have arrived at
the Bangor House, having driven from Port
land with their private conveyance.
Rev. A. j. Sturtevant, graduate of Colby
in the class of 1877, formerly of Maine, but
now settled in Vallejo, Cal, is visiting
friends in this city.
Mr.. George Ii. Hopkins, cashier of the
Kenduskeag National Bank of Bangor, has
rendered his resignation to take effect at the
close of this month. Mr.. Hopkins will
shortly take trip through the west with
view to locating there.
Rev. r. II. Baker, who resigned the pastor
ate at the Baptist church in Cherryfeld last
season for the purpose of pursuing a theo-
logical course at Newton, has accepted
call from the Sixth Street Baptist Church in
New York city.
DIR. A rnold Stedman of Denver, Col, one
of the leading physians in the West, is stop
ping in the city, accompanied by Mrs. Sted-
man. Mrs. Stedman's many friends gladly
welcomed her home. She is a daughter of
Samuel b. Brown, ESQ.,, and sister of Mrs.
James +. Prindle.
Mr.. Charles Bradbury, whose place on the
mail route to Swanton, Vt, was given to Mr..
Pitman, passed his annual examination this
month. There were AZ connections and SIT
cards which he had to distribute, and the
work was faultless, Mr.. Bradbury receiving
100 per cent, and doing the work in sixteen
minutes, the best time ever made.
Prof L. f. Frisbee, principal of the Mich
OILS Latin School in Lewiston, has recently
received in Lewiston an offer of the princi-
palship of fitting school in Massachusetts
where students are fitted especially for Har-
ward. Professor Frisbee has been seven
years with the Nichols Latin School and has
been successful in the management of the
school.
The wedding of Mr.. John Winslow Jones
of this city and Miss Alice Poor, daughter
of the late Frederic Poor of this city, took
place in San Francisco June 9th. There was
a small party of immediate friends and rela-
tives present. The bride and groom were
married at the brides house under beauti-
full fan of lie Franc roses, in the front bay
window of the drawing room which was
profusely decorated with flowers. There
were many beautiful gifts.
Miss NJ c. Smith, who has recently been
appointed agent and attorney in Washing
ton, d. c., for the settlement of soldiers
claims, is the sister of Mrs. Sarah S. Samp-
son, formerly of Maine. Mrs Sampson,
since her residence in Washington, has been
in daily receipt of letters from soldiers, from
all parts of the country, asking her assist
ance in the settlement of their claims. This
by law she is prevented from giving, being
clerk in the Pension Office; although she
has made frequent afidavits for soldiers who
came under her care during the war. The
task of replying to the large number Of let
tiers has fallen upon her sister. Miss Smith,
until recently, when, upon recommendation
of one of the judges Of the Supreme Court,
she was appointed agent to represent the
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